Protector for laundried shirts, (all-flexible.)



N. J. GOODMAN. PROTECTOR FOB. LAUNDRIED SHIRTS (ALL FLEXIBLE).

APPLICATION I'll- AUGJY, 1912.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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NATHAN J. GOODMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PROTECTOR-FOR LAUNDRIED SHIRTS, (ALLFI4EXIBLE.)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed August 17, 1912. Serial No. 715,688.

To all whom it may concern.

7 Be it known that I, NATHAN J. GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Protectors for Laundried Shirts, (All-Flexible,)of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying ,drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in protectors for laundriedshirts,and the ob ject of my invention is to construct an allflexibleprotector for laundried shirts in the form of a tube or slip,constructed of a single piece of material which is doubled upon itselfand its free margins united only at their central points in order toform the tube or slip having anaextremely wide mouth at both of its endsto facilitate the insertion of the shirt, and to provide the tube orslip with an integral sealing flap in order that it will conform inwidthto the shirt to prevent the shirt from dislodging from the tube or slip.

With the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinaftermore full described, pointed out in the claims and il ustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a p an of the completeprotector in an open condition; Fig. 2 is a plan of the protector insafolded and pasted condition to form an open-ended: tube or slip; Fig. 3is a plan of the rear face of the protector in condition as when used;Fig. 4 is a plan of the front face of thecomplete protector showingtheshirt therein; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 55 ofFig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 6-6 ofFig. 3.

Referring by numerals to the accompany drawings: 7 designates thebacksheet of mg the protector and 8 the front sheet of the protector,whichji's an integral part of the back 7. Formed in the free side marginof the front sheet 8 there is a marginal openin 9 at a goint about thelongitudmal center 0 the sai margin. On either side of the opening 9 arethe marginal openings 10.

11 designates an adhesive strip; which is.

secured to the front face of the sheet 8, so that (portions of itsadhesive face will be expose through the marginal openings 9 article.

the shirt or article which is to be wrapped, andthe width of the frontand back is necessarily greater than the width of the shirt or article.

After the device has been formed, as described and shown in Fig. 1, thesame is folded, as shown in Fig. 2, and the portion of the adhesivestrip 11 throughthe opening 9 is adhesively secured to the margin of theback 7 between the openings 12, thus both of its ends and for a consilength at its free margins in order to erable form a tube or slip havingextremely wide mouths introduction of the shirt or After the shirt hasbeen placed 1 to facilitate the within the tube or slip the sealedmargins are jointly folded over the back of the acksecured to the backby through the openings 10 and 12.

If onlya temporary scaling is desired one onlyof the last mentionedexposed portions of the strip may be secured to the back 7,

and the remaining ones of the said 0 enings are left in reserve forsubsequent sea ings.

Among the advantages resultin from such a shirt protector there are an al-flexible protector shirt to occupy a minlmum of space, a protectorwhich will adapt itself to shirts of different widths, a protector whichmay be readily sealed and a protector which will permit of a readyinspection of the shirt without destroying or breaking the package.

I claim:

1. An all-flexible protector -for shirts, comprising a front and backhaving their margins united throughout their engths e length of thefront and back is substantially the length of which is exposed" forminga slip open at permitting of the folding of a age in the form of a flap13, and the ap is 7 means of the portions of the adhesive strip 11 whichis exposed on one side and their opposite margins united at one ointonly in order to form an open-ended tube or slip, and means for furt ersealing the margins which are secured only at the one point.

2. An all-flexible shirt protector, .com prising a front and back formedfrom a single piece of material and folded on a median me, the freemargins of which are provided with registering openings, one of saidmargins being sealing strip secured to the last mentioned margin inposition to expose a portion-thereof through said openings;

3. An all-flexible shirt protector, compris-" ing a front and backformed from a single piece of material and folded on a median line, thefree margins of which are provided with registering openings, one ofsaid margins being provided with an opening between the last mentionedopenings, and a sealing strip secured to the last mentioned margin inpositlon to expose a portion thereprovided with an opening b tween thelast mentioned openings, and a 7 "each of its ends of through saidopenings, whereby to form a 15 tube or slip havm a maximum opemng at forthe admission of ;:the shirt, and whereby the package may be sealed atone or more points, substantially as shown and for the purposes stated.v

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHAN J. GOODMAN,

Witnesses: E. L. WALLACE,

E. M. HAnnINe'roN.

